وَإِذَا تَعَالَى لَحْمُهَا وَتَحَسَّرَتْ ۞ وَتَقَطَّعَتْ بَعْدَ الْكَلَالِ خِدَامُهَا
When the flesh has drawn back towards the heads of her bones, she has become worn thin, and the straps fastened near her feet have broken after exhaustion.
This deepens the earlier picture of travel. Taʿālā laḥmuhā portrays the emaciated body, while khidāmuhā denotes straps attached around the animal’s lower legs or feet. Bodily depletion and damaged equipment reveal the same hardship from two angles.
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Labīd ibn Rabīʿah: Severing Ties, Generosity and the Travel-Worn She-Camel (Verses 20–24)
وَإِذَا تَعَالَى لَحْمُهَا وَتَحَسَّرَتْ ۞ وَتَقَطَّعَتْ بَعْدَ الْكَلَالِ خِدَامُهَا
When the flesh has drawn back towards the heads of her bones, she has become worn thin, and the straps fastened near her feet have broken after exhaustion.
This deepens the earlier picture of travel. Taʿālā laḥmuhā portrays the emaciated body, while khidāmuhā denotes straps attached around the animal’s lower legs or feet. Bodily depletion and damaged equipment reveal the same hardship from two angles.